Sock with a canned good in it reportedly used in fight over 'Facebook drama'

2:45 PM,
May 4, 2013

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Iowa City Press-Citizen

Facebook drama sparked fighting Thursday night on Broadway Street in Iowa City, where one man is accused of using a sock with a canned good inside to strike another.

Officers arrested and charged two roommates with assault causing bodily injury and disorderly conduct - Kelvin Ledell Ware, 21, and John Michael Rankins, 19, both of 2110 Broadway Street Apt. E - after being called to the 2000 block of Broadway for reports of fighting.

According to police reports, officers found an alleged victim several blocks away from the scene with minor cuts and abrasions on his face and hands, and his ...